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Summary: The best
Review: Patricia Cornwell's, The Last Precinct, is a continuation of Black Notice. Both of these books are very intriguing. The story line is that there was a body found in a cargo ship in a Richmond, VA port from Belgium. The body is thought to have been the son of one of the most prestigious families in France. The body's brother "La Loup-Garou" is thought to have been on a murder spree in France, Virginia, and New York. Kay Scarpetta is flown to France by jay Tally. She has an intimate night with him that will forever haunt her. Back in Virginia more murders happen that is thought to be La Loup-Garou. Diane Bray, a hated policewoman, was brutally murdered. Kay is thought to have killed her and made the scene look like it was committed by La Loup-Garou. Near the end of the book Kay and her niece, Lucy, go to a motel that was the site of two murders. They went to see if there was a connection to the death of a twelve-year-old boy. While at the site jay Talley and the owner of the motel attack Kay and Lucy. Jay takes Kay to a room were he beats her up and tries to kill her. Lucy saves Kay's life. In Kay's Supreme Court appearance where she was investigated for the death of Bray the truth came out. Jay was La Loup-Garou's brother who was operating a drug cartel. Jay and the motel owner fled never to be heard from again. This is the last book in the Kay Scarpetta series. I hope that Patricia Cornwell will continue with her outstanding books.
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Summary: Waiting for the next one
Review: I love Cornwell's Scarpetta novels. I always enjoy them and hate to see them end. This one showed Kay in a more vulnerable light than in the past. However, it made sense as you could see several different stories coming together in this one. I am looking forward to the next one which will probably have Kay starting out in a new direction. I would recommend this to anyone who likes her novels.
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Summary: Loved It!
Review: I have read most of P. Cornwell's novels and this series (Black Notice, The Last Precinct, ??) is the best so far. I listened to this on audiotape (unabridged) and never wanted to leave my car. I found myself going to fast food restaurants for lunch just so I could be in the car and listen to this book. I don't agree with the many people who found this depressing or boring or disjointed. I felt like I was there with Kay and Pete and Lucy, etc. I felt like we really were able to see inside of Kay Scarpetta's head. Sure she has a depressing job - how can being a medical examiner be happy? And her lover was brutally murdered. This is like life - sometimes it's depressing. I cannot wait for the next book in this series!!
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Summary: Great story, but you must have read the others...
Review: The Last Precinct is a great story for people who have become addicted to Kay Scarpetta. While the story in the Last Precinct was not as thrilling in the end, there were moment that send chills up your spine. If this is the first of the series you have read, to appreciate the dynamics, you must read the earlier novels.
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Summary: Fountain of Youth?
Review: How is it that during the course of all 11 of the books in this series, the niece Lucy has aged 19 years and Scarpetta about 5 years? Just wondering :)
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Summary: what happened to the series?
Review: I can't finish it. About halfway through it and can't go on. The other books in the series had intrigue, fear, mystery, page-turning suspense but somehow all that was forgotten and left out in this book. Patricia Cornwell...what happened??? Before I buy the next book in the series I'll be checking it's reviews.
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Summary: Quit complaining --- already!
Review: I have been an avid fan of Cornwell and enjoyed her books. Think I have missed only one which I had planned to find but now I am not so certain I will bother. Poor me, poor me, poor me is what I get from almost every page. As Barbara Bush would say "Get over it"!
And as Harry Truman said...."if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen". I won't quote any other famous people but do think Patricia needs to take a vacation from all that is bothering HER as it is obvious it shows in her writing. I am only half way thru the book but that is only half the story. That is as far as I am going with this one!!!!
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Summary: Blah...
Review: This is the worse book in the Kay Scarpetta series. The story was predictable. I was disappointed after reading the book. I hope the next book will have Cpt. Merino thin, smoke-free and not a heart attack in a pair of boots. I am sure her next Scarpetta will be better and not shrouded by such depression.
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Summary: "Sveglie" (wake up) Dr. Kay
Review: This book is the most tiresome of Cornwell's series. As always her explanations of medical procedures, evidence examination, autopsies, and etc. are incredibly educational. This is truly her art. However, the story line falters all the way up to the finale which does give this "read" a measure of redemptive value. This was her only book that had me wanting it to end out of sheer fatigue. I was tired of hearing about her depression, oppression, and ostracision. I wanted to reach out and smack the old doctor. Being Italiano myself I truly enjoy her "preoccoupation" with the culinary joys of cooking, eating, and the sanctity of a traditional Italian meal.
This book leaves a lot of room for another sequel as I'm looking forward to seeing what happens to the "nasty boys" of this edition.
Keep up the integrity Dr. Kay and start listening to Marino more often, will ya?! Don't be such a "Testa de Gizo" (head of cast iron)!!!
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Summary: Better than the last one
Review: After dissing "Black Notice," I felt a little foolish picking up yet another Patricia Cornwell, but I liked this one a lot better. Not that there weren't the same improbabilities and grating personalities as before. Maybe I've just stopped expecting logical plotting and likeable characters. While a lot of readers didn't care for the probing into Scarpetta's psyche, I've always enjoyed that sort of thing, and frankly, it was refreshing to seek some excuse for her self-obsessed, paranoid attitude. Never mind that everyone IS actually after her. How did a woman who's so universally distrusted keep her job this long? It also probably helped my enjoyment that Superniece made only limited appearances, flying in for the rescue, of course, but pulling off her usual stunning accomplishment per book (this time becoming a millionaire) off stage. What I liked was the forensic clues, some sharp writing, the plot twists and finally finding out things we should have learned in the last book. Since Cornwell's obviously into bringing back characters from the past, my vote goes to Mr. Peanut. As one of the few sympathetic players in the story, I'd like to see a sequel in which she returns to nip at the ankles of Scarpetta and her whining posse and then finds a loving home with some well-adjusted person who would obviously have to be created by another author.
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